Re: Modifying M-audio FW Audiophile?

I have changed all capacitors with Fanasonic FM and FK series. I don't know how big is the difference since I never tried it in original condition.

About supplying it cleaner power, I was thinking about buying a lead-acid battery and charger to build a battery-powered supply. Or, at least getting a regulated AC/DC power adaptor instead of included Switch Mode power supply.

Unfortunately, the manual warns not to connect AC adaptor and 6-pin FireWire connector at the same time and use AC adaptor only when using 4-pin...

Re: Recap gone bad



Thanks for the info. I have a digital multimeter and will try to remember the information next time....

I recently bought M-audio Firewire Audiophile at eBay. I'm planning to use it mainly as a digital transport for my DAC. Which means I'll be using only the digital portion of this device.

I was not quite happy when I open up the enclosure to check what's inside. Voila! I found a whole bunch of G-Luxons as you can see in the attachment.

I got Panasonic FM and FK (SMD type) model from Digi-key and ready to change the caps. Do I have to change all the caps except the tiny chip capacitors?
I never tried to change the SMD type, so any tips would be appreciated....

Re: Recap gone bad

Well, I was thinking about changing the caps later, but thought it would be too much work involved once I set my system up.

As for the capacitor choice, Japanese caps are too expensive and hard to find here in Korea. For example, Panasonic FC would cost about $4.00 each. Then it would cost me more than the board itself because I had to change 25 or so.

Maybe next time I can change some important capacitors with better ones but I don't have any idea which one is doing more important job.

Re: Recap gone bad

I tried it out and it worked well.
It went through 2 passes of Gold Memory and now running MemTest.

However, overclockability has been compromised somehow.
I have an Intel Pentium dual-core E2160 and it took 333 Mhz FSB (1000 Mhz for Hynix PC6400 DDR2 RAM) before recap, but now it won't boot at 300 MHz or higher.

Maybe I'll just stick with 299 MHz for now.

Re: Recap gone bad

Thanks for your replies.
I just went out to buy a fire extinguisher.

I'm now more worried about the pad and adjacent PCB being connected together, but I'll try to power it up after I finish cleaning my keyboard.
I just spilled some coffee on my beloved Alps mechanical keyboard.

I guess today is my shit-happening day.
I'll let you know how it works....

I was reading this forum and found out that my new Foxconn MB has about two dozens of Evercon 6.3v 1000uF (fromerly GSC, I assume) and 3 Lelon.

So I tried to recap those with Samwha WZ and WB series.
While doing this, I made some mistakes.
As you can see in the picture, I had a pad blown off.

After doing some research on this forum, I put out a digital MM and checked the blown off pad (it was below PCI slot and negative side). It seems like the via is still intact because it showed perfect connectivity with other cap's negative side. Am I right?
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